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From: schriste@uceng.UC.EDU (Steven V. Christensen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Dark Avenger Virus
Keywords: virus, pcs
Message-ID: <6685@uceng.UC.EDU>
Date: 11 Nov 90 04:45:43 GMT
References: <2826@naucse.cse.nau.edu> <1990Nov11.004328.7401@xrtll.uucp>
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silver@xrtll.uucp (Hi Ho Silver) writes:

>In article <2826@naucse.cse.nau.edu> wew@naucse.cse.nau.edu (Bill Wilson) writes:
>$Around Halloween we were hit by a virus that blanks the screen and
>$displays "Dark Avenger".  The machine must be rebooted after this
>$happens.  Has anyone heard of this virus.  McAfee's ver 67 scan
>$does not find it.

>   Are you sure?  That's a well-known virus that's been around for a
>while, and Scan certainly checks memory for it, so I don't see why it
>wouldn't be able to find it on your hard drive. 

I had it and SCAN found it just fine.

>   In any case, McAfee recommends using CleanUp to remove this virus;
>I've never dealt with that virus myself so I don't know what your
>chances of dealing with it are.

Chances are great if you boot from a clean floppy and replace all of the
infected files (as is the case for dealing with most viruses). I have
found that with CLEAN from McAfee, the patient usually dies during the
operation (i.e. the EXEs don't EXE any more).

		Steven

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Steven V. Christensen
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